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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
extraordinaire
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Was just setting my feet, when this one dropped down between my legs ...
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Hmmmm, Spiders....fuzzy little bastards.
I have a great shot of one little Aussie unit. It gives a bite like a Rattlesnake, dissolving flesh etc........ It's on the other computer.
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thebird
Big Wall climber
palm desert, ca.
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wow tod that the new family pet
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 2, 2013 - 03:41am PT
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They are everywhere, Jim......it's mating season......I think he's in love w/my arm..
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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
I'm James Brown, Bi-atch!
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one time i took shrooms and drove all night, ended up at hunter liggett down by paso robles, 4 am, had to crash out for a while, threw down a sleeping bag and woke up in the middle of a field jam packed with tarantulas, thousands of them walking around my head so i got the hell out of there and took more shrooms, there was a big cow walking around too, lucky he didn't squish my knoggin, or maybe he did,
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 2, 2013 - 07:15pm PT
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 9, 2013 - 07:15pm PT
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Big horn male at split rocks today...
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Ward Trotter
Trad climber
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Great photo Todd.
The look in his eye is like he knows you.Seriously.
at hunter liggett
My dad was stung by a scorpion as he slept while on Army maneuvers at the Ligget in the 60s.
His shoulder swelled up to the size of a small cantaloupe. He vomited for hours.
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AP
Trad climber
Calgary
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How many times have you seen bighorns?
My only desert sighting was in the San Rafael Swell in Utah. Of course we see lots of mountain sheep up here
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Great photo Gordo. He is giving that "get back stare" for sure.
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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More like I'm just lookin' for someone to buck heads with!
Time for the fall rut.
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 10, 2013 - 04:36am PT
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Loomis
climber
Svět
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Sep 10, 2013 - 06:02am PT
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Sep 10, 2013 - 09:04am PT
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I *heart* the desert.
Great bighorn shot Todd. He's like "you lookin' at me pal?"
Last time I saw a bighorn was kinda weird.. I was driving back from Red Rocks and saw one on the side of the darn freeway. WTF?
also .. great shot Scott. Classic high desert sunset.
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Sep 10, 2013 - 12:53pm PT
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why i live behind this door
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 13, 2013 - 08:29pm PT
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On our patio this PM....hope 7 billion more don't show up....
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 13, 2013 - 08:31pm PT
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Located in the house.......
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BASE104
Social climber
An Oil Field
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Sep 13, 2013 - 08:43pm PT
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Reporter to T. E. Lawrence: "Captain Lawrence, what is it that attracts you to the desert?"
Capt. Lawrence: "Because it is clean."
Three Pillars of Wisdom, the autobiography of Lawrence of Arabia, is one of the finest books written by man.
The movie is as good as it could have been, but that very long book is full of perfect language.
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BASE104
Social climber
An Oil Field
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Sep 13, 2013 - 09:02pm PT
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Have many of you ever heard (or been) in Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge"
Edward Abbey wrote about it in his story "A Walk In The Desert Hills."
I used to go there and sprint from Ajo to Yuma, cross country (Abbey took an old road) in 4 or 5 days. Always right around New Year. I would hike in the Arctic during the summer. Now I have a knee replacement that won't hold that weight or abuse again. I'm a connoisseur of wilderness, though.
Only the north area is now the Barry Goldwater Gunnery Range, but back after WWII, pretty much the whole place is full of debris. There are lots of big 4-finned wooden tow targets, covered with thin shiny aluminum, in some of the valleys, but you are likely to find them anywhere more than 15 miles north of the Mexican Border.
The San Cristobal Valley is filled with them, and there are all manner of empty cartridges laying everywhere from .50 cal on up to those big suckers that the A-10's shoot.
Some of the tow targets would "lawn dart."
It isn't much of a secret that Ed Abbey is buried there. He would turn over in his grave if he could see what the illegals and smugglers have done to the place. It is like a garbage can of empty water bottles and tuna cans. I don't go in there anymore because it is crawling with border patrol helicopters and their ninjas.
I love deserts, though. Take off with a pack full of five gallons of water and a few extra large snickers bars. When you begin to sweat, stop immediately and get in some shade if available. Then resume after you have cooled off. That is the trick. Man, have I drank some green goo that passed for water in some potholes in AZ. I really love Utah, and know of some secret spots in SW Canyonlands and Dark Canyon. It is easier to find water in there.
I saw this scribbled on an old tow target:
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